Hummus is the middle-eastern chickpea and tahini spread and pita's best friend. It's creamy, smooth, savoury and filling, and is widely available in a variety of flavours like kalamata olive, roasted pepper, sundried tomato, and za'atar. However, by making your own hummus, you can get creative and put your own spin on the classic dip. Spread on a sandwich, serve with pita, chips or veggies, or even use it in meat dishes and salad dressings.
Here are five ways to incorporate some fun into your homemade hummus:
1. Green Goddess Hummus from Cookie and Kate.
Green goddess dressing is a herby, wonderful dip or dressing that has made vegetables go from "tolerable" to "give me more of that celery, I need to eat more of that dressing". The dressing usually contains mayonnaise, sour cream, chervil, chives, anchovy, tarragon, lemon juice and pepper, and this hummus mixes some of these amazing flavours with chickpeas and tahini to make the ultimate dip.
2. Roasted Garlic Hummus with Crispy Pastrami from Cooking and Beer.
Adding a salty, meaty punch to regularly garlicky hummus makes this a dish worth making for your next potluck. The author garnishes the dish with seven different herby, crunchy, spicy accoutrements.
3. Jalapeno-Honey Hummus from How Sweet Eats.
The sweetness from the honey rounds out the jalapeno heat, and the recipe's author throws in two bonuses: an amazing spiced chip recipe, and a tip for getting your hummus extra-creamy.
4. Spinach-Feta Hummus from Green Valley Kitchen.
This hummus is a standard recipe that is made saltier, brighter and fresher by the addition of feta and spinach. This would be amazing mixed into an egg or tuna salad for a sandwich served on rye or pumpernickel bread.
5. Cauliflower-Anchovy Hummus from Food52.
If you're afraid of anchovies, now is the time to get over it. Fishy, briny, and salty, they add complexity and serious flavour to everything they're added to. This hummus is no exception. The roasted cauliflower adds a great mellowing factor and keeps the saltiness in check.
